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Lumentum and Ayar Labs Announce Strategic Collaboration to Supply External Light Sources for Co-packaged Optical Interconnect Solutions
Lumentum and Ayar Labs collaborate on CW-WDM multi-source agreement (MSA) compliant external laser sources to power Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution, further
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLumentum and Ayar Labs collaborate on CW-WDM multi-source agreement (MSA) compliant external laser sources to power Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution, further strengthening supply chain and ecosystem for applications in AI, data center, HPC, and telecommunications\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nLumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and Ayar Labs Inc. (“Ayar Labs”), a leader in chip-to-chip optical connectivity, today announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to deliver CW-WDM MSA compliant external laser sources in high volume. These light sources are critical to power Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution, which delivers breakthrough bandwidth, energy efficiency, and latency benefits for computing and networking over current short-reach copper links today.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220309005363/en/\n“Co-packaged optics to replace traditional copper interconnects is a massive new market opportunity broadly recognized by the industry and one that Lumentum is well-positioned to address with our proven laser technologies and manufacturing scale,” said Walter Jankovic, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Datacom at Lumentum. “Ayar Labs is a leader in the development and commercialization of this market opportunity, and we believe that working together, we can accelerate this technology transition for the benefit of all.”\n\n“Since our founding, Ayar defined optical I/O as the disruptive transition from copper and electrons to fiber optics and photons for short-reach data communication,” said Charles Wuischpard, Chief Executive Officer at Ayar Labs. “Ayar Labs’ patented silicon photonics technology and new industry standards like the CW-WDM MSA are critical to this transition, as is the development of the manufacturing, supply chain and packaging ecosystem to cost-effectively deliver the solution at scale in the millions of units. Lumentum is one of the largest and most efficient laser manufacturers in the world, and will provide the proven capability to address the volume, quality, and reliability requirements of our optical I/O solution.”\n\nLast year, Ayar Labs demonstrated its 64-wavelength WDM optical source running ...